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has tor its prime gal object the provision ci an anchor cor up; a bot portion and s so arran ed at o posito ends there to j when the (.UVlCt-J an tied with the lil operative engagement 'ith the oppoa oi the rail base, with the body her in a position diagonal to the line axis ot the rail, the device will iod on the raii base when the body anchor swung horin itally toward ion perpendicular to t c l nigth of the .iich hercaitz-ni', for venience, e t1 nsvorse position.

direction are enabled to pro-- a bar oi. only sligh ly greater length than thewidth ot the rail. for which the anchor designed, provided with a single jaw at ch jaws may be applied in Uffillllflll upon a rail base, with one bar, in the operatir-e position oi cioser to a tie or oth '.;ed abut is the other end. l*1' toe r ed in contact a (m. other= Ii. abutment. Following this h'zitial eppli *ation ot the device, pressure is applied tei'nline to swing the body of the a chor touard the directly transverse posius which {end to cause Cltiiiplllg ot the ten ed eng air anchor coinprising nothing beyond c fail, whereby the anchor is moved it. further object of my invention is to pro ride a rail anchor oi the lat metal type which is stamped out of sheet steel and ar ranged edecwise to the base of the rail, so constructed that the body of the anchor may be given any desirable section as to breadth 1 thickness to successfully resist forces tending to cause breakage without thereby interfering with the capacity of the device for being readily applied to or removed rom the rail, confining the operative resiliency, ii desired, entirely or almost so to the jaws or to the parts connecting the jaws with the body or the anchor.

lit is thus the general purpose of my invention to provide a rail anchor characterized by simplicity of structure, readiness of application, strength, etiicicncy, economy of manufacture, durability, and economy of material, and having various other advantages as are hereafter pointed out.

in the more specific embodiment of my invention, it is one of my objects to provide an anchor comprising a jaw at each end so arranged with reference to each other and to the body of the anchor that as the anchor after application is swung from a position diagonal toward a position transverse on the rail, the aws will be operatively tightened upon the sloping upper faces of the base flanges of the rail, before the body of the bar passes such directly transverse position.

it is another object of my invention. to provide a construction provided with jaws overhanging the base flange of the rail and contiprising also one or more bearings, preferably in the form oi shoulders, which will tighten against the side edges 01: the base flanges when the bar is swung toward the directly transverse position.

another object of my invention is to provide an anchor having a jaw at each end thereof, said jaws'being so proportioned and positioned with relation to the body of the anchor that one of said jaws must and may be sprung outwardly to enable the device to be initially applied to the rail base "from beneath the rail with the jaws overlying the base flange of the rail and with the body of the anchor diagonal to the length of the rail, the position of said jaws with relation is swung from its position of initial application toward a position transverse of the "ail,

one of'the jaws'will offer greater resistance than the other to being forced inwardly and upwardly upon the rail flange so that the jaw which was initially sprung over the rail base, as above noted, will thereafter upon the movement of the body of the anchor toward the directly transverse position be more readily drawn and moved upwardly and inwardly over the upper tapered surace of the rail base than will the opposite jaw. This enables me to so construct my device that the jaw which must be sprung outwardly to permit of the initial applica tion to the rail base, need only slightly overlap the rail-base upon completion of such initial application, but upon the swinging of the device toward the directly transverse position will be drawn, as well as swung. upwardly and inwardly over the rail base.

Another object of my invention is to provide such a device having resilient jaws extending inwardly at different angles with relation to the body of the device and arranged to overlap and resiliently grip the rail base when applied thereto, one or both of such jaws beingprovided with bearings for initially or ultimately engaging the edges of the rail base, such bearings being offset from the body of the anchor so that when the device is swung toward the transverse position the rail will be gripped horizontally between the said bearings and on the upper surfaces of the rail base by said aws.

It is also among the objects of my invention to improve devices of this character in sundry details hereinafter pointed out.

The preferred means by which I have accomplished my several objects are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and are hereinafter specifically described.

That which I believe to be new and desire to cover by Letters Patent is set forth in the claims.

Fig. 1 is a face View of the blank from which one form of my improved anchor is made.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the anchor in preliminary position on a rail, which partly broken away for clearness of illuslration.

Fig. 3 is. a View similar to Fig. 2, but showing the anchor in its final operative applied position.

Fig. 8 is a detail showing how the device is initially applied to the rail.

Fig. 3 is a detail showing a dog eared corner on one of the jaws serving the same purpose as a taper to provide a cam surface engagement with the edge of the rail flange to spring. the jaw outwardly upon its initial application to the rail base.

Fig. 4 is a face view of a modified form of blank.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the anchor formed from the blank of Fig. i and applied in its final operative position on a rail, with the head of the rail broken away, as in Figs. 2 and Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing an anchor of lighter material and showing the body of the device twisted by its application to the rail.

Fig. 7 is a face view of a. third form of blank, and

Figs. 8 and 9 show the anchor formed from the blank of Fig. 7, as applied respectively in the initial position and the final operative position on a rail.

Referring to Figs. 1. 2 and 3:

10 indicates a bar comprising the body of my improved anchor. This will preferably be cut from a heavy sheet of steel which for that reason will have more or less resiliency.

Vhile some of the advantages of my invention may be attained even though there be a resilient twisting or torsion of the bar, during application or whil in service, I coir sider that best results are attained when the body of the bar is for all practical. purposes rigid, confining the resilient feature to the jaws, or to the jaws and the parts of the device which connect the jaws with the body of the anchor. My invention, therc'l'mie, broadly contemplates the described strum ture, whether comprising an appreciably re silient body with jaws which conceivably may or may not be resilient, or a substantially rigid body with resilient jaws.

So far as certain features of my invert tion are concerned, it is not essential that there be any resiliency either in the body or in the jaws, nor is it ,..,.ential that the device he ili'irnied in one piece.

Ln the pre rred form, however. the entire device termed of one piece of heavy sheet steel so proportioned and of such gauge that the body is substantially rigid and the jaws have a resilient relation to the body of the anchor and to the rail.

in such embodiment of my inventimi. the body 10 is pro -ed atone end with an inwardly projecting jaw 11. formed integrally therewith and bent out of the vertical plane of th body so as to project inwardly at an angle from one face of the body. The. stamping and bending of lhe jaw to its operating position may be effected by a single stamping and shaping operation.

As is shown in F 1, in which the blank is illustrated as being siamped with the aws in alignment with the body. the vcrti al distance between the lower bearing edge of the jaw 11 and the upper bearing edge of the body is preferably less than the corresponding thickness of the flange of the rail Vihg the

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' "'al' used, such twisting, it any, will ht, is not essential so far as my invention concerned, and in my judgment is not desirable. lVith sul'liciently heavy will, the resilientaction will be substantially or wholly confined to the jaws even when the whole device is stamped out oi a sheet of resilient material, such as sheet steel.

In Figs. t and 5, the construction is simr to that described above. In this conction, however, the out between the aw andthe bar 10 is made substantially suture so as to provide a more pronounced ulder 15 for engagement with the side of the flange than is provided in the .istruction' ofsaid Figs. 1, 2 and This ouider be so arranged as either to l initially, or.only after edge the device has been swung from its'initial position. In Figures 1, 2 and 3 the cut made upon a curved line to avoid possible checking by reason of which the metal might tend to crack, the desired shoulder being provided by curved end portions of the face defining the cut.

In the construction of Figs. 4t and 5, the ALS will be appreciated from an inspection of Fig. i, it is designed that the shoulder 16 shall be of sufiicient scope vertically to provide an efiective bearing against the edge of the base flange, a portion of the metal of the bar 10 being removed 1t deemed advisable,

as at 16 in i Fig. 4, for facilitating the stamping operation.

The anchor of Figs. 4: and 5 is applied to the rail in the same manner as is above described in connection with Figs. 1, 2 and The size and proportions of this modified form of anchor are such that when the anchor is given the swinging movement toward the position directly transverse of the rail, not only do the jaws 11 and 13 tighten upon the upper faces of the flanges, but when shoulder 16 engages the edge of the base, jaw 11 must move upwardly and inwardly over the rail base until shoulder 15 engages and grips the opposite edge of the base, which will be either before or after a perceptible swinging movement according to the distance between shoulders 15 and 16, the arrangement being such that the tightening of the hearings or shoulders 15 and 16 on theedges of the base flange is etiiected before the bar or body 10 passes a directly transverse position.

If the bearing 16 is so located as not to initially contact with the rail edge, the horizontal swinging movement will force jaw 13 to ride upwardly and inwardly to a greater 7 extent than jaw 11, until jaw 16 does so conthat each of the jaws 11 and 13 is provided with a hearing or shoulder corresponding to the shoulder 16 of Fig. 5. These bear ings in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are indicated by the numerals 17 and i8, respectively. illustrated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, these shoulders l7 and 18 preferably extend the i ull height of the side edges of the base flange oi the rail and are located an effective distance away from the junction between body 10 and jaws 11 and 13, respectively.

In the construction thus shown. the shoulders 15 and 16 of Fig. 5 and the shoulders 17 and 18 of Fig. 9 are preferably s 'iuccd apart by a distance very slightly greater than but substantially equal to the width of the rail. It follows, according that the horizontal swinging movement of the anchor on a rail is limited in both directions. As is shown in Fig. 8, the anchor is pre Forably applied in initial position upon the rail at about the limit of its swinging inc-- tion away from the directly tinnsversc or perpendicular position. Upon the initial swinging movement of the anchor toward such transverse position from its extreme diagonal position, as shown in. Fig. 8, the shoulders 17 and 18 will first be moved slightly away from the side faces of the flanges, but the important feature is that upon a continued movementtoward the. transverse position these shoulders will ongage and be tightened against the opposite edges of the base flange before the bar p: the directly transverse position, perpendicular to the length of the rail.

IVhile I have shown the tie 1 1: in each instance in engagement with the end of the anchor adjacent to the longer jaw it will be understood that the anchor may he re versed in position on the rail so that the tie will engage the opposite end portion of the anchor and on the opposite face thereof. Thus, the anchor may be applied with either face next to the tie as may be desired, the operation of the anchor being substantially the same in every respect in either event.

In each instance, the arrows show the direction in which the rail tends to creep.

So far as I am a *arc, I am the first in the art to provide an anchor comprising merely a bar with a single jaw at each end, such bur being of only slightly greater length than the width of the rail for which the anchor is designed, adapted to be tightened upon the rail by a horizontal swinging movement o l the bar from an initial diagonal position toward a directly transverse position on the rail, the arrangement being such that the tightening into final operative position is effected before the bar passes the directly transverse position, whereby the end portion of the bar or body nearest to the tie or other fixed abutment may be utilized for bearing against such abutment; without the necessity llO llii

tattleine for providing; oll'set portions or extensions of any kind or such bearings. lnasinuch as this ei-zpedient enables me very greatly to simplify the col iction and very greatly to reduce the weight in proportion to tl c strength of the grip and thus very are. to reduce the cost of production and the cos oi? shipinent and also to produce an aide quately heavy anchor l a resilient grip ll desire to clains tli 'ure broadly,

Indeed, my cla us should he interpreted to cover such a construction in which the anchor the o ierative tightened condition upon the rail hetero the bar passes the directly transverse position even though the proportions be such that under the heaviest traitlic conditions the bar might pass very slightly the exactly transverse position on the rail, the essential feature losing that the anchor shall. assume its normal operative gripping engagement before the bar passes such directly transverse position.

By an inspection or": the several figures of the drawings, it will he seen that i ich ot the several. constructions the line part ot the anchor ellectivelv ong rail at one side with the cot'ir ,-lenieu nary part ol the anchor so on e rail at the op positc side is at an ang e with respect to the her 10 ot the aiichon This is true hoth of the line joinin the l: airings of: the anchor ices oi: the lat es and also i s at the edges don oi the sevanchor is shown in its final operative position on the rail, it will he seen that in each instance the line cit hearings shove defined has passed the directly transverse position with respect to the rail hc'loro the bar has attained a directly transverse position servinp; thus to prevent the her from passing such directly transverse position.

Since the r ilient yieldino may he conlined to the jaw incinhers, l ain enabled to inalro my anchor of heavier stool: than is possible where torsion or hon din of the hody of the an hor essential in a iplyin r and holds in the anchor on the rail Thus l can onabled to provide an effective anchor of sheet metal. oi? such weight and strength as to successfolly resist those forces which under service conditions cause extensive breakage in anchors of other types.

lily my construction, ll so, such heavy anchors Ltroni eet metal which will he held on the rail such an angle away from the face ot the tie that the well lrnown shackle action can he availed of to tighten the "p cit the device upon. the rail e sepa te shuti to proiiahl-cd to make With heavy anchors, such additional metal, and the bending; of the same to proi 1 vice an ahutnoent would add suhstantlally to the material and labor cost.

ll in invention ll provide an exeeedlne'lv 1 7 a simple and strong device which may he stamped in one piece and formed wlth a n'nnununi oi operations requiring a miniinuin of material and labor in manufacture, capable of hemp; easily and quickly applled to a rail and ailording a maximum of ciliciency.

il 5; ni mm :1 J 1 a one spoci. 1c Jvdbllliw as M) spring ng t is device to initial engagement on the rail, pro- VlCll rang at diherent angles and like matters oi" total], are all valuable but not essential so tar as my hroad invention is concerned,

Having described my invention, what ll claim is: it

1. A one piece rail anchor consisting only of a substantially straight bar having one rail gripping jaw at each end, so formed that when applied to a rail with one end ahutting a tie the body of the device will extend at an angle away from the tie.

A rail anchor comprising a bar having jaws at its ends and adapted to he applied at an angle to the length of a rail, with said jaws extending over the base flange of the rail and at such an angle to the bar as to cause tightening of the jaws upon said flanges when the bar is moved towards a position perpendicular to the length of the rail.

3. A one-piece rail anchor consisting only of a suhstantially straight bar having one rail gripping jaw at each end said jaws being hent from the plane of the bar at opposite tacos thereoi so as to extend away from the her, one of said jaws lining disposed at a coinparativel great angle with respect to the her so as readily to snap past the edge of the adjacent ilannc ot the rail in the application of the anchor to a rail, and the other jaw being disposed at a comparatively sn'iallcr angle with respect to the her for operative engao'einent with the upper face of the rail flange at a correspondingly greater distance front the edge thereof.

4%., it ail anchor comprising a single piece of sheet metal having integral jaws at opposite ends thereof and bent laterally away from the body of the anchor, said jaws being hent at different angles to the body of the anchor and being; so spaced from each other that the maximum space between the opposite taces of said jaws is less than the width ot the rail base, whereby one of said jaws must he sprung laterally away from the hody ot the anchor to permit application of the device to the hose of the rail of the diing; jaws at its ends and adapt d he pp:-

jaws oi different lengths and 211* plied at an angle to the length of the rail with said jaws extending over the base flange of the rail and at such an angle to thebase as to cause tightening of the jaws -:upon said flanges when the bar is moved toto the base as to cause tightening of the jaws upon said flanges when the bar is moved toward a position perpendicular to the length of the rail, the space between said jaws being such that one off said jaws must be sprung laterally from its normal position to permit application of the device to a rail base.

7. A rail anchor comprising a bar having jaws at its ends and adapted to be applied at an angle to the length of a rail, with said jaws extending over the base flange of the rail and at such an angle to the base as to cause tightening of the aws upon said flange when the bar is moved toward a position perpendicular to the length of the rail one of said jaws being provided with a vertical shoulder arranged to be brought into engagement with the edge of the rail base in applying the device to operative engagement with the rail.

8. .A rail anchor comprising a bar having jaws at its ends and adapted to be applied at an angle to the length of a rail, with said jaws extending over the base flange of the rail and at such an angle to the base as to cause tightening of the jaws upon said flange when the bar is moved toward a position perpendicular to the length of the rail each of said jaws being provided with a vertical shoulder whereby in swinging said device to operative engagement with the rail base, the opposite edges of the base flange will be gripped between said shoulders.

9. A rail anchor comprising a bar adapted to be applied obliquely across the underside of a rail and provided with jaws arranged so as toengage over the base flange of a rail with an increasing grip as said bar is swung toward a position perpendieular to the rail length. i

10. A rail anchor comprising a bar provided with a single resilient jaw adjacent each end thereoflsaid bar adapted to be (ward a "length.

11. A rail anchor comprising a applied obliquely across the under side of arail, all so arranged that said jaws will engage the base flange ot the rail with an increasing grip as said bar is swung toposition perpendicular to the rail of. resilient metal arranged with its flat side substantially vertical adapted to be applied obliquely across the under side o1" a rail and provided with a single integral jaw at each end thereoi' arrang d so as to engage over the base flange of a rail with an increasing grip as said her is swung 1oward a position perpendicular to the rail length.

12. A rail anchor termed of a flat bar of resilient metal adapted to be applied diagonally across the hottoni of a rail with its flat side substantially verticah provided with a single jaw at each end thereof. adapted to take over the upper face of the base flange ot a rail the re ation between one jaw and the bar being such that the jaw must be sprung from its normal position to apply it over the rail base, said jaws being bent to sure an angle with relation to the bar and to each other that the grip of the jaws will be increased as the anchor is swung from its original applied position to one more nearly perpendicular to the length of the rail.

13. A rail anchor consisting of a bar of resilient sheet metal provided with only a single integral jaw at each end thereof. said jaws being separated from the body of the rail by a space adapted to receive the opposite edges of the base flange ot a rail only upon springing said jaws from their normal position, said jaws being oppositely bent at such relation to the bar and to each other that the bar can be only applied to the rail base obliquely to the length of the rail, and said jaws will be progressively tightened upon the rail when the bar is moved toward a position perpendicular to the rail length.

14. A rail anchor comprising a bcr adapted to be applied obliquely across the under side of a rail and provided with jaws arranged so as to engage over the base liamrcs of a rail with an nun-easinggrip as said bar swung toward. a position pcrpnmlicular to the rail length and means on said dcvice arranged to engage and grip the rail before said bar has been moved past a position perpendicular to the length of the rail.

15. A rail anchor comprising a bar having resilient jaws at its ends adapted to he applied at an angle to the length of a rail, with said jaws sprung tro n their n rmal po sition over the opposite hase flanges of such rail and extending at such an anglo to the length of such rail as to assume operative tightening engagement with said flanges when the bar moved towaro a l Ofll .on perpendicular to the length oi the rail.

16. A rail anchor comprising a substantially straight bar having jaws thereon at its end portions adapted to engage the base flange of a rail. and ad ptiwl to be fitted over he base of a rai at an angle to the ash: oi the rail. said jaws adapted to assume operm Ill! :lstsmr.

ehtitgemeht withseicltlehges her is moved toward (r directly t155.Z. EJr'Ql7SG position with retreat to the reil, slug :1 hm: pro

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plied pr tom it (ii reotly tre 11F; verse respect to the rsih and hero e her posses such directly transverse )0- :i on toward a or tightened. engagement With seirl flanges when the her ismoverl towards e directly tfi'tl sverse position With respect to the rail end before the such directly transverse positionv rail anchor com this; s her shell jews thereon its end portions erleptecl to ens; eye the flanges the opposite sicles of st mil, the spacing er? the jaws with respect tie eh other marl with respect to the her beingsuch that the her adapted to he swung; towards a transverse position on. t we rail for tightening; thcreom and is adapted to assume the operative ti ei hteherl position with re spect to the reit before the her misses a (li rectly trehsr'erse position thereon.

920i r :rnehor comprising; at her :mtl thereon at its eml ortioos sale ehgmre the tim at tl 1 2r rmh the :1 ,i eiml Z'Hflt 1911i; ot the s l to ezteh othe and. with wet to tl heme; such that the her he swoo Ward :r transverse ,1 or: the mil serving); to cause the here 1132mm. hr and inwardly on marl thet the miehor is eel; steel. si :1"(l condition L r time the ()PGt'fl'ttV-fi l M llZQ before the her posses the rhreetl trensverse [)(JSllJlOlL @l. A reil anchor comprising at her having t W at each end rortlon the e: ml ji her oriented to 8115121 1 osite sides at a i :"J 'ero'vitleri at each e rzrsl 1 oper: o contact with the e-rl e of the la-w re at thet filth-t seul miss heme; adopted to seem 1 Meet with when the her is me: rt town :1, directly transverse to the "t l rwil ehchoreomg rising ;z lerlmving; :1 sum; only at each crtl portion there of. saiel jaws heihe sch ted position W1th respect mt pted t 90s. the aws to travel H" on the (is eonclitioh. he

transverse flat A rei l a single err only of, so id jaws being; M -l flanges et the o ositc spacing z respect to each ot her being; such that tho cemprisi eech seeing toward it \"lirectl oh the re 1 s rvlre; to jaws to travel upwardly t l 111W feces of the flanges, fitlltl is eel )tctl to essur'ie the OPOI'LT condition heitore the reetly tre. verse pos' filo. fr. il mieh vitlecl with jews ealeptee :tlnhges the oppe mid to tighten upon ehehor swim position on the ch tl e er her

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from :32 sheet of metel l :torme at l in! l of the jaws inner edges thereof, and bent out of the plane of the bar at opposite faces thereof said jaws being adapted to engage the flanges the o: osite sid l to assume operas. tightened engagement with said flanges when the bar is moved toward a directly transverse position with respect to the rail.

9:&. A rail anchor comprising; a liar and a plurality of jaws adapted to en the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail ea h.

with respect to each of the aws engaging; the other dang e when adapted to ti gz'hteii the bar is moved toward a directly transverse position with respect to the rail.

29. A rail anchor comprising a bar hav ing short outwardly directed end portions of greater width than the intermediate portions and two jaws projecting from the inner edges of the endportions respectively, and adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail and to be tightened upon the rail when the bar is swung toward a directly transverse position thereon, said two jaws being so relatively located that they are adapted by themselves by their grip upon the rail in cooperation with the bar toprevent the bar from swinging past a directly transverse position.

30. A rail anchor comprising a bar, one end portion of which serves as a bearing against a fixed abutment. a jaw on said bar in spaced relation to said end portion for portion of said bar adapted to engage one flange of a rail, and a second inwardly projecting aw formed on said bar inter- 71 mediately of the said bearing; and said first named adapted to engage the other flange of the rail, said aws being adapt-ed 'to assume operative tightened engagement with the flanges when the bar is moved toward a directly transverse position with respect to the rail, V

32.1% rail anchor compris ng bar the length oft which is only slightly greater the the width of the rail for which the anchor is designed and inwardly projecting; jaws on. the end portions of said bar adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite s des of the ra h the device coinprisins also a hearing at one end portion of the bar and spaced from one face ot the bar adapted to engage the side edge oi one of the (lancer-1.

said bearing and the jaws at the oppositc end portions being adapted to assume operative tightened engagement with the flaugz'ci-z when the bar is In vcd toward a dii'cctlv tr 1SVE1SQ position with respect to the rail.

33 A. rail anchor coin n'isinn a. bar. the length of which is only sliqhtl nrcatci' than the width of the rail tor which th anchor is designed. and inwardly projectjaws on the end port-ions of said liar adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of the rail" the device comprising also bearings at the end portions of the bar and spaced from opposite tacos oi the bar adapted to en do the side cdc'cs ot the flanges respectively. said hearings be ng adapted to assume operative tightened 0ng'ageinen with the flanges when the bar is moved toward a directly transverse position with respect to the rail.

34. A rail anchor comprising a bar the length of which is only slightly greater than the width of the rail for which the anchor is designed, and inwardly projecting jaws on the end portions ot the bar and bent out of the plane of the bar at opposite faces thereof, said jaws being adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of the rail and to assume operative tightened engagement with the flanges when the bar is moved toward a directly transverse position with respect to the rail.

35. A rail anchor comprising a bar and vjaws adapted to engage the side edges and also the top faces of the l'lQDQOS at the opposite sides of a rail when applied to the rail in diagonal. position and given a twisting: motion about a vertical axis toward a directly transverse position. the arrangement being: such that. upon such twisting movement from the initial applied position towards the transverse position the anchor may at first loosen with respect to the side edges of the flanges and then tighten on said side edges, being adapted to assume the final operative tightened condition before the bar passesthe directly transverse position.

36. A rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws adapted to engage the side edges and also the top faces of" the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail when applied to the rail in diagonal position and given a twisting motion about a vertical axis toward a directly transverse position the arrangement being such that the jaws tighten on the upper faces of the flanges throughout the entire motion of the bar towards the directly transverse DOSitlOIL the anchor comprising: also a vertical. shoulder adapted to have direct contact with the side edge of one ot the flanges such shoulder being given tightened engagement with the f ll ill]

memos edge oi the flange before the bar passes the dir ctly transverse position with respect to the rail.

3'7. i l rail. anchor comprising a bar and jaws adapted to engage both the side edges and the top faces of the flanges at the op posits sides or a rail when applied to the rail in. diagonal position, and given a twisting motion about a vertical axis toward a directly transverse position, the arrangement being such that the jaws tighten on the upper tacos of the flanges throughout the entire motion olthe bar towards the directly transverse position, the anchor comprising also vertical shoulders adapted to have direct contact with the side edges or the flanges, sucl ,houlders being given operative tightengagement with the edges of the before the bar passes the directly transverse positionwith respect to the rail.

as. it. rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges on the opposite sides of a rail, and comprising at one side a bearing adapted to have direct contact with the edge oi the flange, the arrangement being such that said bearing is tightened upon the edge ot the flange by reason oil the action of thejaw at the op posits side oi: the rail when the body is swung towards the transverse position, the eillectivc operative tightening being efl'ected before the bar passe the directly trans-verse position.

i 35 fl rail anchor comprising a bar, a jaw at one end oi the bar adapted to engage the b so .l'lange at one side oi a rail, said bar having an end portion at the opposite end of greater width than that or the body portion between the ends, and a jaw formed int ally with said end portion and project- I from the inner edge thereol in position k We the base flange at that side of the rail, said jaw comprising a bearing positioned out of the plane of the bar and having direct contact with the edge of the it nge.

i, it vail anchor comprising a bar having end portions at greater width than that out the er-mediate portion, and jaws formed witl said end portions respectively, and projecting from the inner edges the eof in position to engage the base flanges at the opposite sides oil? a rail, each of said jaws comprising a bearing positioned out of the plane oi the bar and having direct contact with the edge oi the flange at that side oi the rail.

ll. A rail anchor comprising a bar and jaw thereon adapted, to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail, said jaws comprising bearings positioned out of the plane oi? the her and adapted to have direct contact with the side edges oi the respective flanges.

42. A rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite side of a rail, said jaws comprising bearings positioned out of the plane or the bar and adapted to have direct contact with the side edges of the respective flanges, the arrangement being such that said bearings are tightened upon the edges of the flanges when said bar is swung about a vertical axi towards a directly transverse position with respect to the rail. 43. A rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail, such jaws being bent out of the plane of the bar at opposite faces thereof, and said jaws comprising bearings located out of the plane of the bar and adapted to have direct contact with the edges of the flanges.

at. A rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of the rail, such jaws being bent out of the plane of the bar at opposite faces thereof, and said jaws comprising bearings located out of the plane or the bar and adapted to have direct contact with the edges of the flanges, the arrangement being such that said bearings are tightened against the edges of the flanges when the bar is swung toward a directly transverse position with respect to the rail.

d5. it rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail, said jaws comprising depending bearings positioned out of the plane of the bar and adapted to have direct contact with the side edges of the respective flanges, the arrangement being such that said bearings are tightened against the edges of the flanges and the jaws are tightened upon the upper laces or the flanges when the bar is swung about a vertical axis toward a directly transverse position.

4C6. A rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail, one of said. jaws comprising a bearing positioned out oil the plane ot the bar and having direct contact with the edge of the flange, the arrangement being such that said bearing is tightened against the edge of the flange when the bar is. swung about a vertical axis toward a directly transverse position on the rail.

t7. it rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail, one of said jaws comprising a bearing positioned out of the plane of the bar and having direct contact with the edge of the flange, the arrangement being such that said bearing is tight ened against the edge of the flange and the jaws are tightened upon the upper tacos of the flanges when the bar is swung about a vertical azris toward a directly transverse position on the rail,

the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail,

said flrstnamed jaw being provided with a depending shoulder for engaging the side edge of the adjacent flange.

&9. A rail anchor comprising a bar having end portions of greater width than the intermediate portions, and jaws projecting from the inner edges of the end portions and adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of the rail, each of said jaws having formed thereon a depending shoulder in spaced relation to the body of the bar, said shoulders being adapted to engage the side edges of the adjacent flanges.

50. A rail anchor comprising a bar having one end portion of greater width than the intermediate portion, a jaw projecting from the inner edge of said end portion, and a second jaw on the bar at its opposite end portion, said jaWs being adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail, said first-named jaw being provided with a shoulder formed thereon independently of the bar for engaging the side edge of the adjacent flange, the arrangement being such that the shoulder is tightened against the flange when the bar is swung about a vertical axis towards a directly transverse position on the rail.

51. A rail anchor comprising a bar having end portions of greater width than the intermediate portions, and jaws projecting from the inner edges of the end portions and adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of the rail, each of said jaws having formed thereon a shoulder in spaced relation to the body of the bar, said shoulders being adapted to engage the side edges of the adjacent flanges, the arrangement being such that the shoulders are given a shackle grip on the side edges of the flanges when the bar is swung about the vertical axis towards a directly transverse position on the rail.

52. A rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail, and comprising bearings having direct contact with the side edges of the flanges, one of said bearings being located out of the plane of the bar, said bearings being normally spaced apart by a distance substantially equal to the width of the rail whereby such bearings are tightened upon the edges of the flanges when the bar is swung about a "ertieal axis toward the directly transverse position on the rail.

53. A rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides or a rail, such jaws be ing bent out of the plane of the bar at opposite faces thereof, and said jaws comprising bearings located out of the plane of the bar and adapted to have direct contact with the edges 01 the flanges, said bearings being normally spaced apart by a distance substantially equal to the width of the base of the rail.

54. A rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail, such jaws being bent out of the plane of the bar at opposite faces thereof, and said jaws comprising bearings located out of the plane of the bar and adapted to have direct contact with the edges of the flanges, said bearings being normally spaced apart by a distance so nearly equal to the width of the rail and the bearings being located at such distance from the faces of the bar that when the bar is swung from its initial applied position directly toward a transverse position on the rail, such bearings are tightened against the side edges of the flanges.

55. A rail anchor comprising a bar and jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail, one of said jaws being bent out of the plane of the bar and being provided with a bearing in the form of a shoulder of a height not less than substantially equal to the thickness of the edge of the flange, such bearings being adapted to have direct contact with the edge of the flange.

56. A rail anchor comprising a bar and inwardly projecting jaws thereon adapted to engage the flanges at the opposite sides of a rail, said jaws being bent out of the plane of the bar at opposite faces thereof and being provided with bearings in the form of shoulders of a height not less than substantially equal to the thickness of the edge portions of the flanges, such bearings being adapted to have direct contact with the edges of the flanges.

CHARLES F. YARDLEY. 

